According to the 2020 Global Cancer Data Report released by WHO, the total number of men with cancer is still higher than that of women.
However, the total number of malignant tumors with a high incidence in women ranks first in malignant tumors.
And this high-incidence malignancy is caused by dna mutations in breast epithelial tissue cells: breast cancer!
The number of new breast cancer patients in China every year is about 400,000, and the number of patients who die due to breast cancer is about 120,000. From this data alone, the prognosis of breast cancer is one of the better malignant tumors.
This is because the mammary gland is on the surface of the body, abnormal symptoms are easy to detect, and the breast is not an important internal organ, so the earlier it is detected, the better the prognosis.
Relevant data studies show that if breast cancer is found in situ carcinoma and local invasive carcinoma stage, and related treatment is actively carried out, the survival rate of patients within five years is relatively high, and even can reach about 70 to 90%.
So the question is, what kind of symptoms will breast cancer have after the onset of the disease, and how can women find out the cancer?
1. Breast mass
In China's clinic, nearly 90% of breast cancer patients diagnosed for the first time are due to the discovery of abnormal breast masses.
It can be said that a lump is the most typical symptom of breast cancer. According to the current clinical data, breast cancer is mostly a single tumor of the unilateral breast, and it will gradually grow with the development of the disease.
Because cancer is an invasive growth pattern, breast cancer masses are irregular in morphology, the boundaries are not clear enough, and the activity is relatively poor. Most breast cancer masses are hard and painless;
2. Nipple discharge
This situation is divided into two types: physiological and pathological, physiological refers to pregnant and lactating women. Pathology, on the other hand, refers to the secretion of fluid from the ducts of the breast during non-pregnancy or lactation.
Nipple discharge has been linked to a variety of breast diseases, including breast cancer. Clinically, nearly 10% of breast cancer patients visit because nipple discharge has been detected.
The chance of this symptom appearing, second only to breast mass and breast pain, has a variety of manifestations, such as bloody discharge, serum or serous discharge, watery or pus-like, milk-like, and so on;
3. Abnormal nipples
Patients with breast cancer present with abnormal changes in the nipple, usually manifested as abnormal erosion of the nipple or nipple retraction. Initially, nipple erosion may simply be desquamation of the nipple or small fissures in the nipple, followed by a small amount of discharge and scab, which, when the crust skin is removed, can reveal bright red erosions that do not heal.
As the condition progresses, the patient's entire nipple may be affected, and the nipple may even disappear completely.
In addition, due to the influence of breast invasion of the nipple and the area below the areola, some patients may experience abnormal changes such as nipple depression, nipple bias, and complete contraction of the nipple into the back of the areola.
4. Cellulite disease
When breast cancer develops to a certain stage, the subcutaneous lymphatic vessels of the breast will be invaded by cancer cells, which is not only the beginning of lymphatic metastasis, but also the cancer cells will block the lymphatic vessels.
Or the central area of the breast is constantly infiltrated by cancer cells, the return of the mammary lymphatic vessels may be blocked, and the lymphatic fluid in the lymphatic vessels continues to accumulate, resulting in the gradual thickening of the patient's breast skin, abnormal expansion and deep depression of the hair follicle opening, and eventually forming an orange peel-like change, which is clinically called hesperosis.
Nowadays, China's breast cancer screening technology is becoming more and more mature, and many hospitals have launched breast cancer screening packages. If the above four symptoms have arrived recently, it is necessary to seek medical attention in time for breast cancer screening.
In addition, for people at high risk of breast cancer such as late marriage and late childbearing, no history of childbearing and breastfeeding, family history of breast cancer, obesity, and long-term exposure to ionizing radiation, breast cancer prevention screening is required regularly, even if there is no abnormality in the body.